File under (once again) "you can't make this sh** up"
Rep. Anne Wagner announced she is voting for Jim Jordan, a person credibly accused of protecting a sexual predator, so she can - checks notes - "end the scourge of human trafficking and child exploitation."
@jackiegardina Well yes because that's how the chamber works.
You can't pass any legislation without a speaker, and thanks to Democrats' votes this jerk has become the most likely way forward to getting one, and to getting such legislation passed.
Sure, would be nice if Democrats hadn't sided with conservative extremists to put us in this situation, but they did. Write your representative if you don't like that, but here we are.
@jackiegardina except that Democratic members have shown that they'd rather shut the House down than work with moderate GOP members to elect a moderate.
So no, Democratic cooperation seems off the table.
Yes, I find that distasteful, but that's who we elected.
@volkris Yes, the GOP has the power to elect a Speaker--those are the rules. And moderate GOP could join with Democratic members to find someone without such baggage. I find it distasteful that they would vote for a member who defied a subpoena from the House he know wants to lead, voted to overturn the election, witnesses have said was deeply involved in J6, spread election disinformation, has sought to interfere with state & federal investigations, and otherwise undermined our institutions.